INDIANOLA, Iowa — Campsites are full as people begin their Memorial Day weekend festivities, and those looking to get a spot for the weekend had to plan ahead.

Those hoping to snatch a camping spot for this weekend hopefully didn’t wait till Friday. Aquahbi State Park and Campground is fully booked over the weekend and has been for a while.

“I was gonna say probably 2 1/2 months has been full because people know that you can reserve out 3 months in advance and they normally know the holidays they want to camp Memorial and Labor Day, and Fourth of July and they make sure that they are reserved for those times so yeah most of the holidays, they’re probably all reserve now,” said John Thompson, Lake Ahquabi Campground Host.

Ahquabi was recently renovated to make room for bigger campers, including more space to pull in and not as many low-hanging trees to get in the way. Families on the site say they were prepared and booked their space ahead of time. Now they plan to enjoy the long weekend.

“Yes, doing nothing. It’s an absolutely enjoy. We sit around the fire until way too late at night. Way past my bedtime and just talk about things and what’s going on, and our kids growing up and what they’re doing and how that affects us,” said Al Hastings from Norwalk.

“Well, we are planning on getting water kayaking, but don’t know if that’s gonna happen but we will probably take the trail around the lake and do that maybe, I don’t know, if we’ll fish at all but hopefully get on the water kayaking and at least do the trail,” said Amy Havick from Norwalk.

While spots might be difficult to come by on big weekends, campground host Thompson said it’s not too difficult to get a spot during the week. Learn more about Lake Ahquabi State Park here.